TSM wins Skin.Club Summer Cup, taking 80% of the prize pool for itself
The tournament, which featured eight teams, ended in a triumph for TSM and they took home 80% of the $16,080 prize pool.
TSM recently revamped their roster, moving from a disappointing European roster to an all-Danish roster. Newcomers Frederik "acoR" Gyldstrand, Alexander "Altekz" Givskov, and Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen have already proven their worth, leading the team to their first win since October 2023 when they won ESEA Autumn Cash Cup 3. The new squad shows more promise than the previous one.
In the group stage, TSM had two wins over Passion UA and suffered one defeat to FLuffy Gangsters with a 1-2 score. This allowed them to advance to the playoffs, where they defeated Johnny Speeds , a team that was on the rise before Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson left. The win secured their participation in the Danish grand final against Sashi.
Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså played confidently throughout the series, controlling the Mirage map winning it 13-6. However, the team could have finished the match on two maps had it not been for the lost Nuke map, which Sashi won in overtime with a score of 16-14. After that was Ancient which was won by TSM with a score of 13-7.
MVP of the match was Valde from TSM team with 7.0 rating and MVP of the tournament was Altekz with 6.7 rating.
The renewed 9INE squad also participated in the tournament, but failed to advance past the group stage, losing to Sashi and Endpoint . TSM , 9INE and Johnny Speeds will meet again in the first season of Shuffle Masters, which will be held July 15-20 via Best-of-3 Single Elimination.
